Elijah shaw



No. 102,054. PATENTED APR.` 19,v 18.70.

E. SHAW. BYBLETING MACHINE.

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Letters Patent No. 102,054, dated April 1g, 18T-0.

EMPROVEMENT .'L'N EYELETING-MACHVINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and makingpart of the same.

To all whom-it may concept:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH SHAW, of the city and county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have Y invented a new and useful Improvement in Eyeleting-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,elea'r, and exact description thereof, which will enable those- Askilled 'in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which-' Figure l is a sideview of my invention;

Figure 2, a vertical. section view; i

Figure `3, a front view of the lower portion of the machine;. Figureli, a. sectional View of the hopper D; and Figure 5, cross-sectional view of the chute F.

Nature and Object'of the I Mention.

My invention relates to the manner of feeding the f liever-B to atreadle, not shown, to which the power is applied to work the. machine.

,D is a hopper which holds the eyelets. It is sup-` 'ported'in proper position upon a. frame; E, secured to the'unain frame A. Itis provided with acentral slfaft,v

u, having. beatings inthe frame E and cover m,.by.

which Vthe bottoni p and carryingln'ushes gjprerevolved. The cover Ain is held in place by a screw-nut, n, and 4the bottom is adjustable in height by acollar,

f q, and'set-screw s, on the shaft u.

At one side of the hopper a pelforation, le, approximating the shape of au eyelet, is made, and the height of its opening is determined by a curb, 71, tted wit-hin the hopper, and adjustable t'o a fixed positionl by means ot' set-screws i i. Through this opening the eyelets pass into the chute.' This curb has an "inside flange under which the 4eyelets pass through the opening k' to the chute or 'conduit F, which is made of two piecesI set a short distance apart, to form 'a central lon itu- '.dinal opening` to permit the passage of tbe'body of lthe eyelet.

- 'Thesepieces arelintemallygrooved at their upper edges to receive the ange of the cyelet, and thechute itself is so bentl as to receive the eyeletflange down from the hopper, and turn it over in its passage to the delivering end of the chute, where it 'presents its flange un to the setting mechanism.

This chute is adjustable by means of a supportingbracket, d, held by a set-screw to th'e rear of the frame A.

G is a swinging arm segured to the shaft B. It 'is provided with holes C', in whicli,tlie rod H is adjusted. This rod 'H is connected'at one end tothe arm I,

which' is attached by a loose collar to the shaft mand carries on its under side a` dog, L, held to duty by a spring, D', which acts upon tbe'ratchet-wheel K, fixed upon the lower end ofthe shaft u, and revolves itand the carrying-brushes intermittently, pressing tbe eyelet into the chute.

M is kthe anvil or setting-bed upon which the e'ye.

lets are forced and clinched.

N s a holding-pin, which takes the eyelet from the mouth of the chute, and carries it forward and down upon the anvil lor' setting-bed.

O is a spring band, forked or slotted to adnit the holding-pin ofthe set carrying the eyelet, which it sustains thereon until the set reaches a point over the setting-bed, and the holding-pin has been brought in contact'therewith.

P T are jaws hinged near the mouth of the chute,

which they close, held to dutyby dat springs yv.

Q is a rodl attached to the rear of the swingingy frame T, and provided'with a head and with a. spiral spring, ll which is wound around it, and setted at one end upon the head y and at the other upon the main frame of the machine, which is perforated at this point to permit the passage ofthe pin. The duty of this pin and springis to return the swinging carrier to a position to receive an eyelet from the chute, after it has been carried forward to set an eyelet.

A link, R, connects the bent lever B to a rod, S, whose lower portion is hollow, to receive the set W' and its sliding pinN, the latter beingelastically seated therein itpon a spiral spring', V, and the former attached to the lower end, but adjustable to fixed positions thereon. These parts reciprocate in the swinging frame T,-and are actuated by motion communicated throngh the link 1t from the lever B.

` A spiral spring, U, surrounds the rod S, and is seated at one end upon a. projection ofthe frame T,.a.nd at the other upon anadiustable hub upon the rods. Its duty is to assist the return of the rod S toits normal positiop after it has been depressed to clinch an eyelet.

The face of the set W ishconcavely grooved, as is usual, to insure the turning of the eyelets to form the` 'bly attached to the inside of the frame A. Its purpose is to force the swinging frame and the mechauf eross-bar o.

isn'rit vcai-nies forward during the operation of;l setting the eyelet. This is accomplished by means of 'abca'ring provided with a friction-roller upon thedower end of the rod S. These parts are so adjusted that the rodS shall be depressed far enough to permitthe pin N to enter an eyelet in the mouth ofthe chute before the roller Y comes in contact with the guide-block X. When thisis accomplished the frame will be carried forward to a point over the setting-bed or anvil, in.'` which position it is held by a locking-lever, Z, which catches on the face of the main frame. Upon the return of the rod S this lever is unlocked by a stutl,` if, on the face ofthe lower end of rod S, which strikes the long arm of this locking-lever. It' -will be observed that the levervis not unlocked until the set and its piu have risen far enough for the latter to clear the end of the chute'. This is to prevent its striking the eyelets in the chutetand misplacing `them,.' The for-l ward mot-ion oi' the swinging frame is limited by a Theglocking-levcr is held to dntyby a spring, a, attached to its longarm 'and tovthe frame T. The anvil M is seated in a hub, MQand is adjustable vertically by a screw, m. This huh is scaled in aslot in the bed of the trame A, and is adjustable by means' of sct-scrcws c c. vIts position relative to the sides of vthis slot may also be determined bythe set-screws c c.

Operation.-

The several parts oi the nachine being in opposition, as shown ii1tlie'dx'awings,and the hopper having-been iilledwith eyelets, and the curb and bottom adjpstedA to permit the passage ofthe iight-sized eyletsinto the chute, by which they may be conducted to the mouth, ready for delivery to the setting.I mechanism, being prevented from falling out by the vfingers P.

The holes having been punched in the work to be eyeleted and slipped over the projecting point ofthe anvil, the lever B is depressed and forces down the set, and with itv its projecting holding-pin N, until it enters an ey'elet in the end -of the vchutep The, roller ,coming in Contact with 'the guide` block X, forces the swinging frame, set, and holdingpoint forwand, carrying the eyelet ont ofthe mou-th of the chute, which is at once closed,l by the spring tingers. The eyelet thus 'released l is supported upon the lholding-pin, and prevented from falling -oif by the hand O. 'As vthe operation continues, the swinging frame is carried forward until it is looked in position by the lever Z, directly over the setting-bed, and the setting-pin carrieddown until its point comes in c ontact with the anvil-pin. -The hand O; is now released,

f and the pin N retracts within the set W, an'tl the flanges et' the eyelets are compressed on eac-l1 side. of the material between the set and the bedof the anvil. As'v the lever Bis depressed the arm G, tltedto its shaft, is carried forward, and with it the rod H, the

latter rotating-through arm -Lldog L, and ratchet K,

the bottoni of the hopper ,sind vits brushes thusarritating'the eyelets and supplying'the chute therewiti', this sliding waybeing arranged so that the eyelets got into it ange down, and turnover till they present their flange up before corni'ngA to the point of delivery. Y

"lhe brushes revplye in the boitl D, and carry the eyelets to the chute opening; but'it an eyelet comes opposite the opening to the' chute bottom side up, it will not pass through, but will be brushed by. The eyelets being the heavier on the flange side, will have a te'ndency to keep that side down, so that they will generally be right side up. I

',. lt` an eyeletis not fully set down, all you have to do is to pnt. your hand against the moving part of the machine and push the hanger forward, andthe point N will pass down by the eyelet, and not disturb itin any way at all. Upon releasing the lever B the spring 'V around the rod S, having been compressed -by the operation of setting, will force the rod upward,

and as the holding-pin N attached to it rises to a point higher than the mouth of the cliutc,`the stud b releases the locking-lever Z', and the frame T carries the' operating parts back to a point over the mouth of the chute, and then the machine is ready to repeat the operation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Spring hand O, and set W, and pin N, arranged substantially as described.

2.. The combination of the locking-lever Z, swinging carrier .T, and frame A, substantially as described.

3. Guide-block X, friction-roller Y, swinging carrier T, rod Q, and spring l, `arranged substantially as described. i

4. Locking-lever Z, in combination with swinging carrier T, flame A, and set N, substantially as described.

' 5.' Adjustable rod H, `swinging arm G, arm I, pawl L, and ratchet-wheel K, combined and arranged substantially as described and'for the purpose set fort-li.

6. The swinging carrier T, locking-lever Z, rod Q, spring l, set W, holding-pin-N, spring hand 0, 'anvil or setting bed M, hopper D, revolving bed p, curb h, chute F, spring jaws P P, bent'lever B, arm G, rod H, pawl L,` and ratchet-wheel K. combined and arranged as described. Y

7. Hopper D, revolving bottom p, horizontal brushes g, adjustable curb h, chute F made of two pieces and bent'so that theeyelets go 'iutothe chute F flange down and turn over, so as to present themselves to the anvil flange up, handle I, ratohetwheel K, pawl L, adjustable rod H, and swinging arm G, all coinlbined substantially described. .a

ELIJAH SHAW.

i Witnesses: l'

J. B. SMITH, W. M. Hotton, 

